WIN Region Labor Shed Report

WIN PARTNERSHIP LABOR SHED

Huron Tuscola

Shiawassee

Genesee

Livingston Jackson Hillsdale

Washtenaw

Lenawee

The Workforce Intelligence Network for Southeast Michigan (WIN) partnership is a collaboration of six Michigan Works! Agencies (MWAs) and ten community colleges across a 16-county region in Michigan. The counties in the WIN partnership include: Genesee, Hillsdale, Huron, Jackson, Lapeer, Lenawee, Livingston, Macomb, Monroe, Oakland, Saint Clair, Sanilac, Shiawassee, Tuscola, Washtenaw, and Wayne, along with the City of Detroit.

The WIN partnership region’s labor shed highlights why, when it comes to talent, we must think regionally: The workforce is mobile. Although 91.6% of the region’s workforce live and work in the 16-county area, not all residents work in their home county. It is not uncommon for workers to commute one or two counties over for work. This means that the residents in every county should be ready for the job demands of employers hiring throughout southeast Michigan.

120,982 BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS

Where Residents Work In 2014, the region’s workforce consisted of 2,237,024 residents. 2,019,920 (91.6%) of the residents lived and worked within the 16-county region, while the remaining 217,104 residents (7.4%) traveled outside of the region for work.

Since 2011, the number of residents that traveled outside of the region for work increased by 17,175 individuals (8.6%) from 199,929 to 217,104.

WIN region residents were more mobile in 2014 than in 2011. In 2014, 23.7% of the county’s workforce (531,156 individuals) traveled more than 25 miles to their place of employment. This is an increase from 22.5% residents traveling more than 25 miles in 2011 (474,121 individuals). The most popular destination for work outside of the WIN region counties in 2014 was Ingham County with 46,298 individuals from the region commuting into the county.

St. Clair

Oakland

Introduction

This document provides detailed information on where employees in the area commute to and from each day for work, how far they travel, along with other information about workers and businesses in the area. For more detail on the labor market please see WIN’s Quarterly Labor Market Report publications.

Sanilac Lapeer

521,760 JOBS POSTED ONLINE

2,019,920 WORKERS THAT LIVED AND WORKED IN WIN PARTNERSHIP REGION

531,156 RESIDENTS TRAVELING MORE THAN 25 MILES TO WORK

Macomb

Wayne

Monroe

WIN PARTNERSHIP LABOR SHED

Where Workers Live The WIN region is a net exporter of workers with more workers leaving the region for jobs than coming in from outside for employment. In 2014, 2,205,218 workers were employed in the WIN region. Of those, 185,298 workers (8.4%) were employed in the region, but lived outside of its borders. Of those that traveled to the region for work, 51,116 (27.6%) of the workers were 29 or younger.

While regional employers were able to attract a sizable amount of young workers in 2014, the majority of internal jobs, 1,561,667 (77.3%), were filled by workers between the ages of 30 and 54. This indicates an aging workforce with too few young workers to take over once retirements begin to accelerate.

The majority of workers that travel to the WIN region for work from an outside county reside in either Ingham or Saginaw counties. 23,673 (1.1%) of regional workers travel in from Ingham County followed by 16,039 (0.7%) that travel in from Saginaw County.

Data Sources: Burning Glass Technologies, Economic Modeling Specialists, International, and U.S. Census OnTheMap Analysis: Workforce Intelligence Network